{"product_id":"furtwangler-tchaikovsky-symphony-no-6-pathetique-1938-pasc132","title":"FURTWÄNGLER Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 \"Pathétique\" (1938) - PASC132","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 6 \"Pathétique\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1938\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 47:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eWilhelm Furtwängler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC132.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybig\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurtwängler's classic 1938 Berlin recording\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eAstonishing sound from amazing Japanese pressings and XR remastering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e When Dr. John Duffy sent me this recording he noted \"\u003cem\u003ethis restoration of this classic recording is the best I have ever done...\u003c\/em\u003e\", but by the time I got around to reading his comments I'd already whipped the CD out of its cover and reached the same conclusion myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eNot only that, I also thought it clearly outshone other transfers I'd heard of the same historic recording - perhaps the only one to be sourced from some exceptional Japanese pressings. Being of a curious mind, I wondered whether it might further benefit from XR remastering - John had already shown how effective Ambient Stereo processing was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eAfter several days of work on the remastering I sent a copy back to John for his verdict. After taking his comments and criticisms on board, I made a few further broad tonal adjustments, resulting in the quite remarkable sound heard here, which I hope can be viewed as a truly collaborative effort, despite the two of us working around 5600 miles apart!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eDates for this recording are unusually hard to pin down. Most discographies simply opt for October-November 1938, which seems an unusually vague assertion. Dr .Duffy wonders whether part, if not all, of the recording was made immediately following the notorious \u003cem\u003eKristallnacht\u003c\/em\u003e in Germany: \"\u003cem\u003eI know he spent a lot of energy \u0026amp; took many risks opposing Nazism \u0026amp; Hitler. I heard that the unusual power of his 1938 Pathétique was because he recorded it in the emotional wake following Kristallnacht.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eYet the mystery remains - as Mark Obert-Thorn notes: \"\u003cem\u003eNobody knows exactly when this was recorded, which is odd for a major artist at a major label.  EMI's own CD release in their \"Tchaikovsky Historical\" boxed set from 1993 gives exact dates for everthing else, but only \"X-XI 1938\" for this recording.  Likewise, the complete Furtwängler discography by Henning Smidth Olsen assigns it to \"October-November, 1938\".  I'm afraid that's as close as we can get.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWhether or not there is a direct connection to \u003cem\u003eKristallnacht\u003c\/em\u003e, or to unfolding events in general, this remains one of the most powerful readings of this symphony ever set to disc. The release of this newly remastered recording, almost 70 years to the day since those dreadful events in Germany, will I hope bring an opportunity to remember those who suffered and lost their lives at what is often seen as a beginning to one of the darkest periods in human history, and perhaps to consider whether the passionate tragedy of Tchaikovsky's grim finale, recorded in Berlin at the time, was a fitting musical response to the unfolding tragedy of Germany in 1938.\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 6 \"Pathétique\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eWilhelm Furtwängler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eRecorded in Berlin, October-November 1938\u003cbr\u003e Issued as HMV DB 4609-14 and Victor M 553; 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